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Humankind
Humankind cover
Developers
Amplitude Studios
Publishers
Sega
Engines
Unity
Release dates
Windows August 17, 2021
macOS (OS X) November 3, 2021[1]
Reception
Metacritic 78
OpenCritic 80
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres 4X, Strategy, TBS
Themes Historical
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Humankind is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view 4X, strategy and TBS game.

General information

Official forums
Official support portal
Developer Discord server
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
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Digital Deluxe Edition. Standard Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
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Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
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Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
A demo is available.

Version differences

Pre-orders include the Boudicca Avatar Set, Player Profile Pre-Purchase Decoration and Player Profile Symbol Set.
Standard Edition contains the base game.
Digital Deluxe Edition includes the Notre-Dame Pack, the soundtrack in MP3 format, the unit and tech trees in PDF and a Games2Gether badge.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Notre-Dame Pack Part of the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Cultures of Africa Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Together We Rule
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Para Bellum Wonders Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, delete or rename file
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Humankind_Data\StreamingAssets\Movies\.
  2. Move, delete or rename the file AMPLITUDE Studios.webm.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1124300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Humankind\Save Files
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1124300/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
[2]
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Castilian Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
8 Versus

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 4th generation
AMD FX-8300
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 770
AMD Radeon R9 290
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.12
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i7 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon RX 460
Intel Iris Plus Graphics
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1124300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1124300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Humankind Mac Beta Available Today - last accessed on 2022-06-09
  2. [1] - last accessed on 2021-08-17